His Eye Is On the Sparrow

ABC News Item this afternoon:

An outdoor news conference in perfect spring weather, with birds chirping loudly in the magnolia trees, is not without its hazards.

As President Bush took a question Thursday in the White House Rose Garden about scandals involving his Attorney General, he remarked, "I've got confidence in Al Gonzales doin' the job."

Simultaneously, a sparrow flew overhead and left a splash on the President's sleeve, which Bush tried several times to wipe off.

Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino promptly put the incident through the proper spin cycle, telling ABC News, "It was his lucky day...everyone knows that's a sign of good luck."

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"Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing."

(Mt. 10:29)


"The gypsies say, and I know why,
A falling blossom only touches lips that lie."

("A Blossom Fell," 1955, popular song by Barnes, Cornelius, and John, sung by Nat King Cole)